Established in 1969, Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) has a tradition of untiring service to needy cancer patients from all over India, and even neighboring countries like: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan. CPAA is an empathetic, reassuring, non-medical presence that has supported the treatment and overall needs of more than 3 lakh cancer patients. It is a registered charitable non-governmental organization (NGO) working towards the total management of cancer as a disease, which includes: spreading awareness on the dangers inherent in accepted social practices such as chewing of tobacco, early marriage, multiple pregnancies, etc, which are responsible for approximately 70% of cancers in India. CPAA aggressively fights cancer by initiating steps for the early detection of cancer since treatment at this stage leads to a cure in a majority of case along with providing complete assistance to cancer patients beyond that given by the medical profession. In 1995, CPAA became full UICC member.